Imagine your doctor calls you to discuss the results of your genetic testing. They tell you your results indicate you are ...

Monoallelic loss of PTEN and ARID1A is identified in normal colonic epithelium. The resulting haploinsufficient phenotypes ...

Have you ever wondered why some people cannot stand bitter foods like kale, broccoli, black coffee or dark chocolate, while ...

This gene makes people sensitive to some bitter chemicals, such as phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and propylthiouracil (PROP).

Gene therapies to treat rheumatoid arthritis have evolved slowly, but one is ready to move into human trials and an ...

Sacramento, CA 95817, USA; ftassone{at}ucdavis.edu Background Greater than 200 CGG repeats in the 5′UTR of the FMR1 gene lead to epigenetic silencing and lack of the FMR1 protein, causing fragile X ...

Gene silencing is a negative feedback mechanism that regulates gene expression to define cell fate and also regulates metabolism and gene expression throughout the life of an organism. In plants, gene ...

Given the interference with IgG-positive DATs (e.g. medicine, auto-antibody, etc.) and conflicting phenotyping, we used the single specific primer-polymerase chain reaction (SSP-PCR) technique on a ...

A new study has identified pathogenic variants in WNT9B as significant risk factors for hereditary prostate cancer. Read more ...

Simon Nicholls, aged 55, is another person with Alzheimer’s who is featured in the CNN documentary and who took part in the ...

New research uncovers how declining protein clearance mechanisms with age lead to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other ...

Late-onset Alzheimer's disease is a debilitating, progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects about 7 million Americans, a figure that is expected to nearly double by 2050, according to the ...